My one issue with Lynch

JimC · External Since: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 10

I feel like Lynch lets his obsession with beautiful women spill over
into his work. For a guy whose films are so edgy, he casts some serious
babes. This is fine if it's a deliberate aesthetic choice, but it
doesn't feel like that, it feels like he's just indulging his interest.
What do you think?

JimC · External Since: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 10

blue wrote:
> I'm sorry to have to tell you this but a film makers films are defined
> by his taste (as is all art).
> I doubt Lynch can resist a beautiful woman any more than anybody else -
> asthetically or otherwise.

So you agree with me that he is being indulgent? Shouldn't we hold him
to a higher standard?

JimC · External Since: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 10

No worries. At least we're beating back the spam ...

blue · External Since: Nov 01, 2006 Posts: 141

I'm sorry to have to tell you this but a film makers films are defined
by his taste (as is all art).
I doubt Lynch can resist a beautiful woman any more than anybody else -
asthetically or otherwise.

JimC wrote:

> I feel like Lynch lets his obsession with beautiful women spill over
> into his work. For a guy whose films are so edgy, he casts some serious
> babes. This is fine if it's a deliberate aesthetic choice, but it
> doesn't feel like that, it feels like he's just indulging his interest.
> What do you think?
>

blue · External Since: Nov 01, 2006 Posts: 141

I think you should also question the decor he uses in his movies since
he clearly enjoys that part too
..
Any artist is going to put the things they love or understand into their
work as that is what makes
them unique. Lynch's heriones are normally hot. Log ladies less so but I
personally don't find Laura
Dern in the least bit attractive. Art is pretty much defined by
indulgence so yes I do agree with you on
that.

I don't really understand what you mean by 'higher standard' though. If
you mean should he make
his films more realistic then a definite no.

JimC wrote:
> blue wrote:
>
>>I'm sorry to have to tell you this but a film makers films are defined
>>by his taste (as is all art).
>>I doubt Lynch can resist a beautiful woman any more than anybody else -
>>asthetically or otherwise.
>
>
> So you agree with me that he is being indulgent? Shouldn't we hold him
> to a higher standard?
>

JimC · External Since: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 10

blue wrote:
> He certainly has excetional taste though, I'm not sure any male could
> resist casting some
> of those women in Twin Peaks. It certainly helped the ratings - maybe
> thats the key -
> to balances out the weirdness with beauty ?

Just for the record, I certainly don't think he's a predator. But your
balance notion is a good point. Attractive, compelling people
confronted with horrible things. If that's his case, I'll buy it. I
still sort of think he's indulging himself, though.

JimC · External Since: Oct 13, 2006 Posts: 10

JD wrote:
> In short, if Lynch is "indulging himself" by putting attractive females into
> his films, I'm for more indulgence. He's artist enough, in my book, not to
> put in anyone who can't do the job.

I basically agree with you, but I don't think raising this question
makes me a prude.

JD · External Since: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 1

"JimC" <jimcorrigan RemoveThis @juno.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> JD wrote:
>> In short, if Lynch is "indulging himself" by putting attractive females
>> into
>> his films, I'm for more indulgence. He's artist enough, in my book, not
>> to
>> put in anyone who can't do the job.
>
> I basically agree with you, but I don't think raising this question
> makes me a prude.
>

Sorry, I retract my suggestion that you might be a prude for questioning
indulgence. And I might even acknowledge that even within the scope of my
own taste there are limits to artisitic indulgence. But I'm thinking more
Andy Warhol there.